Watering trough



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R. F. SONSTEGRD WATERING TROUGH Filed Jan. 10, 192.4

'I v mento@ I Patented 16, y Y

RUDGLPH F. SONSTEG-ARD, 0F SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

WATERING frnoUGH.

Application filed January 10, 1924. Serial No. 685,439.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, RUDOLPH F. SoNsTn- Gann, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sisseton, in the county of Roberts and State of South Dakota, have invented certain .new and useful improvements in Watering Troughs; and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to means :tor automatically supplying drinking water for stock, such as cattle and poultry, and which maintains a predetermined level of water for convenience of stock, the trough enibodyino' valve chamber and a drinking chamber which are separated by a partition whereby to prevent interference of the stock with the valve mechanism or improper 'liunctioning ot the latter by food or other matter obstructing the working parts thereof.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

lVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet diiferent conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a watering trough embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof on the line 2*?, or' Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 oi' Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the valve mechanism o n the line 4.--4: of Figure 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The trough 10, which may be of any preferred construction and capacity, is subdivided by means of a vertical partition 29 into chambers a and b, the latter constituting the drinking chamber and the former the valve chamber. A plurality of small openings 30 are formed in the lower portion of the partition 29 to admit of the water passing from the valve chamber o into the drinking chamber b, said openings being oi' a size to prevent food andy other matter pass` ing therethrough from the drinking chamber to the valve chamber and obstructing the working of the valve outlet. The valve chamber is Closed by means of a cover 32 which ishinged adjacent the top or the partition 29, as indicated at 33. The drinking end of the trough is inclined, as indicated at 81, to enable the stock to approach close thereto. The trough may be secured in place in any preferred way and, as shown, a cr ssbar 12 extends thereover and receives rods 11 which are driven into the ground the required distance so as to iX the position of the trough.

A short length of pipe 13 is let into a side of the drinking chamber and its outer end is threaded, as indicated at 16, to admit of a supply pipe (not shown) leading from a suitable source of suppl;7 to be coupled thereto. A bonnet 17 is fitted to the inner end of the pipe 12) and is provided with a nozzle 17a for the discharge Vof the water. lVashers 15 closely fitting the pipe 13 are clamped against opposite sides of the trough to insure a tight joint, said washers being clamped between a nut 14; and a hanger or bracket 18.

A float lever 19 is pivoted to the hanger or bracket 18 at 20 and is provided at its tree end with a suitable fioat 21. A valve 24, carried by the float lever 19, is adapted to close upwardly against the lower end ot the nozzle 17. and cut off the supply of water to the trough when the water therein has reached the predetermined level. rEhe valve 24. consists oll a disk of leather' or other suitable lnaterial and is connected to the float lever 19 by means or' a bolt 27, the projecting end ot which receives a nut 28. A plurality of washers are confined between the valve 9A- and float lever 19 and may be or leathery or other desired material. Metal washers 25 and 26 are disposed at the ends of the bank of washers 23.

In practice, the water from a suitable source of supply is admitted into the valve chamber a, ofthe trough through the nozzle 17L and when the water in the trough rea-ches a predetermined level, the float is buoyed to a given position and moves the valve 24 so as to close the nozzle and thereby autonia-tically cut oli the supply. The water passes Jfrom the Valve Chamber o; into the drinking chaniloer o through the openings 30 in the partition 29 and any food or oher inniter linding` its Way .in'lo the drinking; Chamber is prevented from einering the Valve chamber by menne of the partition.y the lutter also operating to prevent the Stock roin interfering' with the working' of the valve mechanism. Vhen the level o the water in the trough lowers, the float 'falls nnd carries the valve away from the delivery end olf the supply pipe which being nneovere l ndlni's oil: un additional supply to replace that removed liroin The trough by the Stoch drinking therefrom.

lVlmi is elunle'd is:

In e watering trough, e liquid container, e supply pipe extending horizontally into the container through :i Wall thereof, n bonnet on the pipe -wiihin lehe Container end having a. downwardly extending discharge nozzle, e valve to Control the Supply oi" liquid hrough Suid nozzle and consisting oi' e plurality of superposed elements whereby their number iney he diminished or increased, e float controlled lever carrying said Valve, and a. hanger 'for seid lever suspended 'lfrorn Said pipe between the Wall l? the eonleiner und the aforesaid bonne'.

lu testimony whereof l nlix nly signature.

RUDOLPH l*1 SGNSTCGARD. 

